Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 12" x 12".
Description: The artist has used purple and pink acrylic paints to show the feeling of being under water. The piece comes with battery powered fairy light to add depth to the story. The picture has a heart drawn with the words, "we came here for joy!" (inspired by Rupi Kaur). The scene is of movement and beckoning into a new version of oneself.
This piece is accompanied by the ekphrasis poem, Joy! by Stefani Alzati.
Joy!
I feel that my heart fell into the sea a few years ago
Maybe ten or perhaps twenty sea years feel differently
Coming home is a mystery if such a thing exists
People owning flying bicycles and me, not even having sea legs yet
The mermaids sing to me nightly
Come back to us, they beackon, flashing their tails
In my colourful dreams upon waking I glem
A silver and blue smile reminding me of joy
Oh joy! How could I forget?
Promised I would always love you
Cross my heart, tattooed it to my chest
I came here for joy and I am not done yet
Mermaids, keep me company while I
Gather strength for the revolution
I will tie my heart with a hopeful string
And light up the way to myself again.
This purchase includes:
* 1 piece original artwork (hand delivered in Edmonton)
* Accompanying poem signed by Stefani Alzati.
*This piece is inspired by Rupi Kaur's poem
i paid in blood to be here. i paid with a childhood littered with bigger monsters than you. i’ve been beaten into a silence more times than i’ve been embraced on this earth. you haven’t seen what i’ve seen. my rock bottom went so deep i’m pretty sure it was hell. i spent a decade climbing out of it. my hands blistered. my feet swelled. my mind said i can’t take it anymore. i told my mind you better get yourself together. we came here for joy. and we are going to feel all of it. i’ve been hunted. killed. and walked back to earth. i snapped the neck off every beast that thought it could. and you want to take my seat. the one i built with the story of my life. honey. you won’t fit. i juggle clowns like you. i pick my teeth with fools like you for fun. i have played and slept and danced with bigger devils. – Rupi